Today I spent the day with my big sister, nephew and Hippo playing & laughing in the sun. There were snacks, light saber battles, potty breaks and melt downs. My sister seasoned chicken while I cut up a second helping of snacks for the kids in her fully stocked kitchen…
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Happy Birthday, Hippo!
Dearest Hippo, Today is our fifth anniversary. Around this time five years ago I was doing a lot of breathing in my hospital bed, surrounded by your grandparents & daddy and wondering what you were gonna look like. This little adventure we’ve been on has been a trip. Everyday you…
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KungFu Hippo, The NinJa Turtle
Kids are weird. They are. It’s okay, I know that you think your kid is weird. And I know that you know that I think my kid is weird. There is nothing wrong with it. I don’t love him any less because he’s a weirdo…I actually love him more. Why?…
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Hippo Invades Kindergarten
Well it’s happened. Hippo has been in kindergarten for about 3 hrs and 47 minutes and counting. We’ve got about an hour and thirty minutes left in our first day. Yes, I said OUR first day. That child wouldn’t have a first day of kinder if I didn’t go through…
Co-Conspirators: The Jax & BamBam Chronicles
If there is one thing you should know about patients with Colitis and Crohn’s it’s that a lot of our time is spent in the bathroom. For instance, when I was sick and flaring up, I was in the bathroom on an average, 12 times a day. With my J-Pouch,…